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<td class="v">17:1</td>
<td>Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.</td>
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<td class="v">17:2</td>
<td>A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.</td>
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<td class="v">17:3</td>
<td>The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.</td>
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<td class="v">17:4</td>
<td>A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.</td>
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<td class="v">17:5</td>
<td>Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.</td>
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<td class="v">17:6</td>
<td>Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.</td>
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<td class="v">17:7</td>
<td>Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.</td>
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<td class="v">17:8</td>
<td>A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.</td>
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<td class="v">17:9</td>
<td>He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.</td>
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<td class="v">17:10</td>
<td>A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.</td>
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<td class="v">17:11</td>
<td>An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.</td>
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<td class="v">17:12</td>
<td>Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.</td>
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<td class="v">17:13</td>
<td>Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.</td>
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<td class="v">17:14</td>
<td>The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.</td>
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<td class="v">17:15</td>
<td>He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.</td>
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<td class="v">17:16</td>
<td>Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?</td>
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<td class="v">17:17</td>
<td>A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.</td>
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<td class="v">17:18</td>
<td>A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.</td>
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<td class="v">17:19</td>
<td>He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.</td>
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<td class="v">17:20</td>
<td>He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.</td>
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<td class="v">17:21</td>
<td>He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.</td>
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<td class="v">17:22</td>
<td>A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.</td>
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<td class="v">17:23</td>
<td>A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.</td>
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<td class="v">17:24</td>
<td>Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.</td>
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<td class="v">17:25</td>
<td>A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.</td>
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<td class="v">17:26</td>
<td>Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.</td>
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<td class="v">17:27</td>
<td>He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.</td>
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<td class="v">17:28</td>
<td>Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.</td>
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